Floyd certainly wants to beat Marciano's record

He can,t break Marciano,s record....he had 43 ko,s

 

Why not? Wilder might do it

 

Mmmm...thing is Marciano's record is really a HW record. Nobody made a big deal of it when JCC went 50-0.
If a heavy does that then yes, it's a huge deal. Other than that...it's been done before at lower weights.

 

Mayweather is retiring for sure after Berto and won't be returning for a 50th fight.

 

Because he got there fighting bums and didn't retire undefeated

 

atsch

How old are you? 15?

 

I can't see him not trying to reach 50-0. I think he will retire though, but this will just be a ploy to get the networks to throw money at him for a return. Look at how much they offered Lewis to return after he retired.

Mayweather knows what he is doing, was it a coincidence his contract ran out at 49-0? I don't think so, he's had this planned for years, he just needs the right opponent and that will likely be the winner of Cotto/Canelo. Mayweather returning for the record and also to win the middleweight title would be easy to promote and Mayweather knows he can win.

 

Roberto Collins Lindo, record: 1-15-0. That's the man Chavez fought to "beat" Marciano's record. At the time, no one had the courage to say he had beaten Marciano's record, because they knew Chavez was a bum-beater. And if you look more closely at Chavez's resume, you'll see more bums who didn't even have a winning record, even in the lead-up to the fiftieth fight.

Before we say someone beat Marciano's record, we should look at the opposition. I could go outside and knock out fifty homeless guys and say I beat Marciano's record, but would you give me any credit?

Julio Cesar Chavez is a guy who made a career out of knocking out cab drivers, and of course after retirement he's been glorified by people who don't know him very well. At the time he wasn't nearly as highly-regarded.

And before you bring up Ricardo Lopez, let's remember that Marciano never had a loss and never had a draw. His record was only victories. Ricardo Lopez had a draw before his 49th fight, and most people thought he had been given a gift just to protect his unbeaten streak.

We should distinguish an "unbeaten" record from a "perfect" record. Unbeaten means without losses. Perfect means without any blemish of any kind.

 

http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine's_Annual_Ratings:_1984

Chavez was very highly-regarded!! just check it ( 1984-1992)

 

Exactly, it's crazy that it keeps being tossed around,

 

Ring magazine often rates guys highly even when they're on a steady diet of bums. In 1988, Ring magazine had Michael Spinks rated higher than Mike Tyson, who had just unified the belts while Spinks had been fighting bums and steering clear of dangerous opponents like Tony Tucker. Then of course Tyson obliterated Spinks in 90 seconds, sending him into retirement at the age of 31.

 

Didn't Floyd fight Pacquiao in March? Why does he need a 'warm up'? I mean wasn't he already warmed up?

 

Marciano only holds the record for heavyweight.